Rivière Bécancour

Rivière Bécancour
Rivière Bécancour at Lyster
Data
location	Center-du-Québec , Chaudière-Appalaches in Québec (Canada)
River system	Saint Lawrence River
Drain over	Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
source	Lac Bécancour 45 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 72 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  W.
Source height	approx.  370  m
muzzle	St. Lawrence River near Bécancour Coordinates: 46 ° 6 ′ 50 ″  N , 72 ° 56 ′ 13 ″  W 46 ° 6 ′ 50 ″  N , 72 ° 56 ′ 13 ″  W
Mouth height	approx.  3  m
Height difference	approx. 367 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.1 ‰
length	171 km
Catchment area	2616 km²
Discharge at the Saint-Sylvère gauge ( ⊙ ) A Eo : 2330 km²	MQ 1970/2000 Mq 1970/2000	54 m³ / s 23.2 l / (s km²)
Drain	MQ	64.6 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Rivière au Pin , Rivière Noire , Rivière Bourbon
Right tributaries	Rivière Palmer
Medium-sized cities	Thetford Mines
Small towns	Bécancour
Communities	Lyster , Sainte-Anne-du-Sault
The catchment area of ​​the Rivière Bécancour

The Rivière Bécancour is a right tributary of the Saint Lawrence River in the south of the Canadian province of Québec .

The 171 km long river drains an area of ​​2616 km². It rises in Lac Bécancour and after a few kilometers reaches the town of Thetford Mines . As far as Saint-Ferdinand it flows westwards, then northwards. At Inverness he turns again to the west. Shortly after the river has passed the eponymous town of Bécancour , it flows into the St. Lawrence River.

Web links

Commons : Rivière Bécancour  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GROBEC (Protection Association of Bécancour)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bureau Brille publiques sur l'environnement (PDF; 103 kB)
2. ↑ Water Survey of Canada - Station 02PL007 ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2010) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.